Women's Hockey

Falcons Advance in the NCHA Tournament!!!

Feb 28, 2011

The NCHA O'Brien Cup Semifinals and Finals will be
played this weekend at Hunt Arena in River Falls, with CUW playing
undefeated #1 UW-River Falls (23-0-4) on Friday at 3pm. This will
be the first time in program history that the Falcons will be part
of the tournament semifinals.

Eau Claire

The Concordia women's hockey team entered the night down one
game to none in their best of three NCHA Tournament Quarterfinal
series with UW-Eau Claire, but by nights end the Falcons defeated
the Blugolds in game two, 5-4, battled to a 0-0 tie in the
mini-game three, before winning 1-0 in a sudden victory mini-game
four. Over three hours after dropping the puck for the first time,
CUW has advanced to the NCHA Tournament Semifinals hosted by
UW-River Falls next weekend.

To get the night started, UW-Eau Claire took a 1-0 lead just 67
seconds into game two. The Falcons tied the game when Alyssa
Isaackson lit the lamp off an assist from Steph Boehm, prior to the
Blugolds going back in front 2-1. Alisha Java then tallied a power
play goal off assists from Sarah Luberda and Sam Meuwissen, before
UW-Eau Claire got a power play goal of their own to go up 3-2.
Right before the end of an action packed first period, Amber Cjmela
tied the game at 3-3 off a pass from Hilary Christiansen.

Tied at 3-3, Sarah Luberda put the Falcons up 4-3 with just 23
seconds left in the second period. UW-Eau Claire would tie the
contest with 10:03 remaining, only for Sarah Luberda to score a
dramatic game-winning goal with just 33 seconds left in regulation.
For Luberda, it was her 12th goal of the season, assisted by Sam
Meuwissen and Jaime Athens. Winning 5-4, the Falcons forced a
winner takes all mini-game three roughly 20 minutes later.

After neither team scored in the mini-game three, the two teams
battled in a sudden victory mini-game four. Just over 2:12 in, Sam
Meuwiseen took a Jaime Athens pass and punched the Falcons ticket
into the NCHA Tournament Semifinals. Meuwissen finished with one
goal and two assists on the night, helping the Falcons improve to a
school-record 13-10-4 mark.